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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
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CHAPTER 8
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Levites washed, consecrated, and set apart by laying on of hands—They are the Lord’s, in place of firstborn of every family—They are a gift to Aaron and his sons to do service of tabernacle.
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And</span> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 25: 37 (31-40).">lamps</a>, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> commanded Moses.
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And this work of the candlestick <i>was of</i> beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, <i>was</i> beaten work: according unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 27: 8; 1 Chr. 28: 19 (11, 19); D&C 52: 14; D&C 94: 2; D&C 97: 10; D&C 115: 14 (14-16).">pattern</a> which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB (ritually) purify.">cleanse</a> them.
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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Neh. 12: 30.">cleanse</a> them: Sprinkle water of <sup>b</sup><a href="num/8/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Purification.">purifying</a> upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and <i>so</i> make themselves clean.
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Then let them take a young bullock with his <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/8a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB meal, or cereal.">meat</a> offering, <i>even</i> fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/9a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB tent of meeting.">tabernacle</a> of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and the children of Israel shall put their <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="JS-H 1: 68; A of F 5.">hands</a> upon the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/8/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Priests.">Levites</a>:
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And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>for</i> an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one <i>for</i> a sin offering, and the other <i>for</i> a burnt offering, unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to make an atonement for the Levites.
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And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them <i>for</i> an offering unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Thus shalt thou <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Setting Apart.">separate</a> the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
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And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them <i>for</i> an offering.
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For they <i>are</i> wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, <i>even instead of</i> the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
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For all the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 12: 29.">firstborn</a> of the children of Israel <i>are</i> mine, <i>both</i> man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I <sup>b</sup><a href="num/8/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sanctification.">sanctified</a> them for myself.
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And I have taken the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, History of.">Levites</a> for all the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/8/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Firstborn.">firstborn</a> of the children of Israel.
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And I have given the Levites <i>as</i> a gift to <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Aaronic.">Aaron</a> and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
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And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
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And the Levites were <sup>a</sup><a href="num/8/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Purification.">purified</a>, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them <i>as</i> an offering before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
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And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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This <i>is it</i> that <i>belongeth</i> unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
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And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service <i>thereof,</i> and shall serve no more:
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But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
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